does a city like this exist in the US?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

I'm thinking about moving to south florida. meet pretty much all of your requirements

except for the humidity. and the hurricanes.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Or practically none of them, but who's counting?

no state income tax. cheap housing. that's about it.

 

[BoomerD]

San Diego has about the most perfect climate in the USA. Almost never HOT, almost never COLD, and almost never HUMID. (surprisingly since it's on the ocean)
Of course, if you move just a few miles inland, it gets HOTTER THAN HELL, and can get COLD in the winter...
yes, there are a bazillion Mexicans there...legal and illegal, but WTF, you don't really want to mow your own lawn...do you?

 

[Linflas]

hmm... VA never even crossed my mind.
is it humid there during summer months?

Yes southeast US type humidity here from May through September.

 

[Zargon]

you cannot be that close to teh beach and skiing and not have natural disasters.

Or practically none of them, but who's counting?

yup.

FLA is a hole as far as I can tell. hurricanes, wildfires, old people. humid as hell. no skiing for 10+ hours


He basically described areas around SEATAC but doesnt like the cloudiness


I was there for 2 weeks in July, and it was heaven compared to IL. sure it rained daily, for a little while, but was sunny the rest of the day

 

[summit]

orange county, ca?

 

[bfdd]

Uh.. check Torrance, CA?

 

[Zen0]

getting sick of all the snow and shoveling this winter. looking for a city that has the following:

• max high of 85 in the summer (with low humidity), ~40-50 in the winter with little to no snow

• reasonable state/city/property taxes, along with a competent local govt that knows how to manage a budget

• within ~50 miles of a city (for tech jobs, night life)

• within 5 hours driving of ski resorts, within 1 hour to the beach (or large body of water)

• not near any fault lines, prone to wildfires/landslides or other natural disasters

• not ghetto

Somewhere in California is probably the closest you'll find.

 

[classy]

The closest big city is probably Atlanta. You have summers in the mid 80's, winters in the 40-50's. Plenty of opportunity for professionals and you have skiing in the mountains. You also have Gainesville too.

 

[JulesMaximus]

did not know that. i have a buddy that lives out there and he mentions he feels little rumbles every now and then.

Yeah, I feel them every now and then too. No big deal.

Cost of living is high here but wages are also higher and there is a lot of tech/biotech here.

Climate can't be beat...anywhere.

 

[Abel007]

Welcome to Gainesville, GA!

 

[MiniDoom]

GA's hotter than hell.

 

[Texashiker]

What the fuck is wrong with her elbow on her raised arm?

There is an elbow in the picture? Where?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Something obvious is missing from your list of requirements. What are you prepared to spend for housing?

 

[Ns1]

orange county, ca?

no nightlife to speak of.

 

[OCGuy]

no nightlife to speak of.

I dont think ATOT is really the "clubbing" type of crowd anyway.

There are plenty of bars/things to do once you get outside of my part of OC (Anaheim Hills/Yorba Linda).

 

[Ns1]

I dont think ATOT is really the "clubbing" type of crowd anyway.

There are plenty of bars/things to do once you get outside of my part of OC (Anaheim Hills/Yorba Linda).

meh; i spent 24 years of my life in OC and visit once or twice a month. i'm in no hurry to return.

 

[venkman]

getting sick of all the snow and shoveling this winter. looking for a city that has the following:

• max high of 85 in the summer (with low humidity), ~40-50 in the winter with little to no snow

• reasonable state/city/property taxes, along with a competent local govt that knows how to manage a budget

• within ~50 miles of a city (for tech jobs, night life)

• within 5 hours driving of ski resorts, within 1 hour to the beach (or large body of water)

• not near any fault lines, prone to wildfires/landslides or other natural disasters

• not ghetto

Charlotte?

Temp Range 50-90
Dunno about taxes
Lot of tech/health care jobs'
big universities not far
maybe the occasional hurricane scare

 

[DingDingDao]

I dont think ATOT is really the "clubbing" type of crowd anyway.

There are plenty of bars/things to do once you get outside of my part of OC (Anaheim Hills/Yorba Linda).

Great, I'm moving from one boring place to another lol. We're gonna be neighbors--I'm closing on a house in Yorba Linda in a couple of weeks.

 

[bfdd]

My range is like low 50's to high 70's, low humidity. Honestly greatest weather in the world is in Southern California beach cities.

 

[KeithP]

• reasonable state/city/property taxes, along with a competent local govt that knows how to manage a budget

Sorry, no place in the United States will be satisfactory if this is a deal breaker.

-KeithP

 

[DingDingDao]

Sorry, no place in the United States will be satisfactory if this is a deal breaker.

-KeithP

I don't think "competent local govt" even exists outside of fiction novels. Isn't that sort of like a perpetual motion machine or something?

 

[zerocool84]

orange county, ca?

Uh.. check Torrance, CA?

OP said resonable state/city/property taxes, along with a competent local govt that knows how to manage a budget and not near any fault lines, prone to wildfires/landslides or other natural disasters.

The closest big city is probably Atlanta. You have summers in the mid 80's, winters in the 40-50's. Plenty of opportunity for professionals and you have skiing in the mountains. You also have Gainesville too.

lol, you do know the nickname for Atlanta is Hotlanta right???

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Something obvious is missing from your list of requirements. What are you prepared to spend for housing?

$300-500k.

 

[zerocool84]

meh; i spent 24 years of my life in OC and visit once or twice a month. i'm in no hurry to return.

I try to stay out of the OC as often as I can. They scare me over there.

Honestly though with the restrictions OP has, he's never going to find a place.